Definition of a five-dollar word
a five-dollar word
- a fancy word.
Don't use a five-dollar word when a fifty-cent word will do.
-- Mark Twainby WalterGR, Sep 21 2009.
Slang terms with the same root words:
- dollar: a dollar three eighty – a dollar three eightyfive – (show 2 more)
- word: four-letter word – get a word in edgeways – (show 18 more)
- five: case of the Jackson Fives – five – (show 19 more)
- a: 12 points short of a pica – a – (show 530 more)
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